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About the Collection

A selection of items from the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library's Rare Books Collection, which is particularly strong in the published narratives and scientific findings of exploring expeditions to Siberia, the North Pacific, the Arctic, and Antarctica; published accounts and printed ephemera of the Klondike and various Alaskan gold rushes; and printed ephemera of the early Alaskan tourism industry.

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1. Gold Rushes
1. Gold Rushes
2. Mining and Development Companies
2. Mining and Development Companies
3. Alaska Tourism and Travel
3. Alaska Tourism and Travel
4. Atlases
4. Atlases
5. Early maps (to 1800)
5. Early maps (to 1800)
Address delivered at the laying of the cornerstone of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines on July 4th, 1915
Address delivered at the laying of the cornerstone of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines on July 4th, 1915
Alaska
Alaska
Scale not given. Shows land district divisions, reported gold discoveries, coal & copper deposits, land offices, routes to interior, proposed railroads., Capital is at Sitka, suggesting map was published before 1906.
Alaska
Alaska
Variant colorways.
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Scale [ca. 1:8,363,520]. Relief shown by hachures. Inset: [Western Aleutian islands]. Page 48, from Rand McNally's Atlas of the world. "Rand, McNally & Co.'s New 11 x 14 Map of Alaska." Copyright 1910., On verso: Map of Washington.
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
On back cover: list of Alaska Bureau officers for 1915 and executive committee members.
Alaska
Alaska
Scale [ca. 1:10,140,000]. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Page 173 of Standard Atlas of the World., On verso (p. 174): Map showing the acquisition of territory and its distribution among political divisions, 1776-1886.
Alaska
Alaska
Scale [ca. 1:8,000,000]. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Inset: [Western Aleutian Islands]. Includes population figures for the year 1900 and list of chief cities. Page 76 from Rand McNally's New ideal state and county survey and atlas. "Rand, McNally & Co.'s New 11 x 14 Map of Alaska." Copyright 1895 and 1906., On verso (p. 75): Map of Washington.
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska (Rand McNally indexed pocket map)
Alaska (Rand McNally indexed pocket map)
Alaska Almanac
Alaska Almanac
Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Cover title: The Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, 1911-1914.
Alaska Club's Almanac
Alaska Club's Almanac
Alaska Road Commission's Map of Alaska
Alaska Road Commission's Map of Alaska
Alaska in darkness and light
Alaska in darkness and light
Program for Presbyterian Sunday school classes to raise awareness of and funds for the Sitka Training School in Alaska.
Alaska reindeer: the northland's finest delicacy!
Alaska reindeer: the northland's finest delicacy!
Advertising brochure; includes recipes.
Alaska situation
Alaska situation
Cover title.
Alaska situation
Alaska situation
Cover title. / Additional title "Reserving Alaska for a chosen few"--page 2.
Alaska's great highway
Alaska's great highway
"July, 1909"--Cover. / Series: Round robin to the older juniors; no. 71
Alaska, "our frontier wonderland"
Alaska, "our frontier wonderland"
cover title.
Alaska, her people and resources
Alaska, her people and resources
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition, 1909
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition, 1909
Page count includes title page. / This copy includes 4 more pages than other copies seen; they are inserted between the page describing Ketchikan and the page with a photo captioned "Alaska totem poles" (along with 3 other photos). The result is that the text describing Ketchikan (continued on the verso of the totem pole photo page) is interrupted by 2 photos of buildings at the exposition and text providing "A brief history of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition."
Alaska: interesting and reliable information relating thereto
Alaska: interesting and reliable information relating thereto
Pages 9-16 present text of the Organic act of the Territory of Alaska (An Act Providing a Civil Government for Alaska)., Author is identified as Commissioner for Alaska to the American Exposition, New Orleans.
Alaska: its history and resources, gold fields, routes and scenery
Alaska: its history and resources, gold fields, routes and scenery
Includes "Table of distances" and advertisement for Northern Pacific R.R. following p. 128. Folded map in pocket.